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The Failure of Betsy DeVos and 30 Years of Corporate Influence on Public Schools!

November 6, 2019 By Nancy Bailey 14 Comments

Frustrated by public schools? Look no further than the corporate education reformers and what they have done to public education. Education Secretary DeVos and her corporate billionaire friends have been chipping away at the fabric of democratic public schools for over thirty years! The problems we see in public schools today are largely a result […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Corporate Reform, corporate school reform, Detroit schools, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, NAEP, substandard charter schools

Reasons Children Have Reading Problems that Corporate Reformers Don’t Talk About

March 20, 2019 By Nancy Bailey 32 Comments

We know of many variables that help children learn to read. But well-designed peer-reviewed research continues to be ignored when it comes to these variables. At the same time, states and school districts continue to promote destructive school policies. We know such policies fail. So, why are they still being used? Here’s why some children […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Children's Health, Common Core, Corporate Reform, Grade Retention, Inappropriate Reading Expectations, Large Class Size, Lead in school drinking water, Loss of libraries and Librarians, Overreliance on technology, public schools, Reading Problems, School Nurses, special education, Teacher Preparation

Who Arne Duncan is Today Speaks To His Past Role as Education Secretary

August 12, 2018 By Nancy Bailey 12 Comments

Former Education Secretary Arne Duncan recently stepped away from his ventures to discuss his new book How Schools Work: An Inside Account of Failure and Success from One of the Nation’s Longest Serving Secretaries of Education. Few teachers were impressed with Duncan in this role. He never worked in a school. He’d never been a […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Arne Duncan, Betsy DeVos, Corporate Reform, School Privatization, school reform, teachers, Technology

Without Professional Teachers, Special Education is a Joke!

July 12, 2018 By Nancy Bailey 9 Comments

How do school districts bypass special education services and get away with it? One way, is to make it look like special education services are being restored, but due to a teacher shortage, the district must rely on teachers without classroom experience. Special education, all teaching really, but special education, especially, demands teaching qualifications. To […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Corporate Reform, Detroit Public Schools, Online Instruction, special education, Teacher Certification

Bellwether: The Sheep Leading Teachers, Children, and Parents Off the Cliff!

April 2, 2018 By Nancy Bailey 13 Comments

Long ago, it was common practice for shepherds to hang a bell around the neck of one sheep in their flock, thereby designating it the lead sheep. This animal was called the bellwether. ~Mirriam Webster Dictionary Bellwether Education Partners is one of several nonprofits working with school districts around the country to determine how to […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Bellwether Educational Partners, Corporate Reform, ESSA, Every Student Succeeds Act, public schools, special education, Teacher Pensions, Texas

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@AngryCorinne @MeganSkerry @MassGovernor @GilletteStadium https://www.wsj.com/articles/europes-schools-are-closing-again-on-concerns-they-spread-covid-19-11610805601

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Well said, and many teachers agree. "I don't think it's safe for me, my students or any of our families to return now." @TeacherArthurG
http://nyceducator.com/2021/01/no-its-not-time-to-open-schools-full.html

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Biden team picks a strong supporter of high-stakes testing, Ian Rosenblum, as Deputy Assistant Secretary for K-12. He never was a teacher. https://www.lohud.com/story/opinion/contributors/2018/04/04/state-test-results-standards/486814002/
Is Biden breaking his promise to reduce insane testing regime?

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The strongest supporters of high-stakes testing were never teachers.

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Chicago teachers continues plea to Chicago Public Schools for safe school reopening plan - Chicago Sun-Times - https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2021/1/18/22237242/ctu-teachers-union-cps-chicago-public-schools-reopening-plan-coronavirus-covid-19#new_tab

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